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Dessert at Mandola’s

Apr 12, 2026swankivy2026, Selfiescookies, food, ivy

Kari took me to Mandola’s to celebrate getting a short story sale and I got a nice cookie from the bakery.

Almond Cookie

Lemon Dream Cupcake

Apr 9, 2026swankivy2026, Selfiescake, food, ivy

I like to buy myself a fancy cupcake whenever I sell a short story. Guess what, I sold a short story! This is the Lemon Dream cupcake from Gigi’s. I bought it for selling my short story “For the Record.” It will be out in November.

Cupcake haver

Lemon Dream cupcake

Saki Adventure

Apr 8, 2026swankivy2026, Hangouts, Selfiesboba, food, ivy, sushi

Had boba and sushi at one of our favorite restaurants, Saki, trying to spend enough money to be able to use the coupon. 😉 (We were successful.)

Boba at Saki

Sushi at Saki

Birthday Ice Cream with Kari

Apr 4, 2026swankivy2026, Hangoutsbirthday, food, friends, ice cream, ivy

My girl Kari had a birthday so I took her out for ice cream at Tanya & Matt’s! She’d never been! Great ice cream. Happy birthday Kari!

Birthday ice cream with Kari

Hanging with Yaz & Arthur

Mar 29, 2026swankivy2026, Hangoutsarthur, food, friends, ivy, plants, yasmin

Yasmin and Arthur and I went to eat at the Indian buffet and then went to the plant show! Yasmin had a piece in the show so we got to visit it, and then we bought plants. It was a great day.

Indian dessert

Yasmin’s Indian dessert

Ivy & Arthur at Indian Buffet

Yasmin’s installation

Yasmin with their installation

Arthur with his game

Arthur’s amazing back scratcher

Waking up the stroopwafel

Jan 31, 2026swankivy2026, Selfiescoffee, cookies, food, ivy

I found out you can put your stroopwafel on your hot coffee or tea cup and let it warm up a little before you eat it. They call it “waking up” the stroopwafel. I love it.

“Waking up” the stroopwafel

“Waking up” the stroopwafel

“Waking up” the stroopwafel

Dad gets his colors

Jan 24, 2026swankivy2026, Hangoutsdad, food, salad

Ruby Tuesday has a pretty great salad bar. Dad’s getting his colors just like Grandpa used to.

Dad gets his colors

Cake for Breakfast

Jan 22, 2026swankivy2026, Selfiesbirthday, cake, food, ivy

Having cake for breakfast as a post-birthday treat is nice.

Cake for breakfast

48th Birthday with Jeaux

Jan 21, 2026swankivy2026, Hangoutsbirthday, cake, food, ivy

Jeaux treated me to a belated 48th birthday celebration by taking me to Vallarta’s (where I had my first ever horchata!) and baking me a birthday cake–grasshopper cake, which was minty frosting on chocolate cake!

Horchata!

Grasshopper cake made by Jeaux

My 48th birthday cake!

Birthday dinner!

Jan 19, 2026swankivy2026, Vacationsbirthday, dare, food, fred, ivy

Our group went out to dinner at Kobé (Meg’s choice!) and three of us got to celebrate our birthdays! We even got cupcakes.

Dare’s Mai Tai

Fred’s smoky drink

Kobé food

Birthday cupcakes at Kobé